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"Cultivate an identity as a Luddite." This coming from someone who writes their first draft using pen and paper.
by MikeNomad 11y ago
"Cultivate an identity as a Luddite." This coming from someone who writes their first draft using pen and paper.
- hobs 11y agoI dont understand this comment, should he be using quill pen, or starting an oral history to be more of a luddite?
- MikeNomad 11y agoThe thing that rang the loudest (for me) from his comment was irony.
- adrusi 11y agoThe point is that the parent thinks he's already established himself as a luddite by using so antiquated technology as dead trees.
- MikeNomad 11y agoSorry, not directly answering your question... I am not suggesting he do anything to be more or less of a Luddite (IIRC, he uses a very nice fountain pen).
- sageabilly 11y agoLots of writers [0] do their first draft with pen and paper. There are studies[1] that show that using pen and paper to take notes boost memory and the ability to recall information, so of course a writer doing the first draft of a long novel would want that for themselves. [0]Do a Google search for "first draft pen and paper" and there are scores of hits from both authors and writing websites advocating for this [1]http://www.medicaldaily.com/why-using-pen-and-paper-not-laptops-boosts-memory-writing-notes-helps-recall-concepts-ability-268770 http://www.medicaldaily.com/why-using-pen-and-paper-not-lapt...
- meric 11y agoYeah, using laptop to take notes in lecture is useless, I might as well take no notes, and just listen more carefully. Pen and paper or nothing.
- fsloth 11y agoI don't understand how one's chosen writing tool has anything to do with technology choices. If one wants to use a pen (as many do find it superior in some aspects to a keyboard) there really is no technological equivalent to a fountain pen. Said he, who loves writing with pen, and owns a surface pro 4, Samsung Note III, and an Ipad, and has found all of them wanting in some aspects.
- pklausler 11y agoAmen to fountain pens (fine point Lamy 2000 here) and notebooks with really really good paper (not Moleskines!).